Kubernetes Platform Architect

Job Title: Kubernetes Platform Architect

Location: Plano, TX 75024 - Onsite

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Contract

Experience: 10+ Years

Rate: $50 to $55/hr

Job Summary

We are seeking a Kubernetes Platform Architect to provide technical leadership in designing, implementing, and operating enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on Kubernetes architecture and platform engineering experience, with strong expertise in cluster lifecycle management, automation, security, networking, observability, and highly available multi-cluster environments.

Must have: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

5+ years of hands on experience and deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture, including control plane, worker nodes, API server, etcd, resource lifecycle management, and reconciliation patterns.

10+ years of Infrastructure, Cloud, or Platform Engineering experience.

Strong experience with Cluster API (CAPI) for Kubernetes cluster provisioning, scaling, upgrades, lifecycle management, and infrastructure automation.

7 + years of hands on experience and advanced knowledge of Kubernetes workload management including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and container lifecycle operations.

Strong expertise in Kubernetes networking including CNI, CoreDNS, Ingress Controllers, Gateway API, Load Balancers, Service Discovery, and Network Policies.

Experience implementing GitOps-based deployment models using Flux, Helm, Kustomize, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.

Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes security, RBAC, Service Accounts, Secrets Management, certificate management, and policy enforcement frameworks.

Strong knowledge of observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, centralized logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance management.

Experience with persistent storage technologies including CSI drivers, Storage Classes, PV/PVC administration, and stateful workload management.

Proven experience implementing disaster recovery, backup/restore strategies, high availability architectures, and platform resilience.

Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes clusters, nodes, networking, workloads, scheduling, storage, authentication, and infrastructure components.

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